Thursday, June 14, 2007

O Brave New World.

"We are telling our people that the past era has ended and will not return," Islam Shahawan, a spokesman for Hamas' militia, told Hamas radio. "The era of justice and Islamic rule have arrived."

"They are executing them one by one," Abu Ayad said. "They are carrying one of them on their shoulders, putting him on a sand dune, turning him around and shooting."

Fatah officials said seven of their fighters were shot to death in the street outside the Preventive Security headquarters. A witness, Jihad Abu Ayad, said the men were being killed before their wives and children.

Some of the Hamas fighters kneeled down outside the building, touching their foreheads to the ground in prayer.